2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT V-8 4X4 - Car and Driver
The first Explorer Sport Trac, based on the Ford Explorer of the late 1990s, was born to a world nearly bereft of compact four-door pickup trucks. Why a four-door pickup version of the Explorer was given the name Sport Trac seems odd, as it wasn't very sporty and not much was trac -ready about it. Maybe they meant the truck could support an owner's sporty hobbies while providing some... So Ford is rolling out a second-generation 2007 Sport Trac in the hope that it will compete more successfully in a world now replete with fresher four-door pickups. The Sport Trac continues to be based on the Explorer sport-ute: It's identical to the 2006 Explorer from the B-pillar forward. The new Explorer platform increases structural rigidity 444 percent, Ford says, over last year's Sport Trac. It's from the B-pillar back that the Sport Trac begins to differ from the Explorer SUV. 8-inch section is added to the frame to extend the wheelbase to 130. 5 inches, the rear doors are extended, and a four-foot-long composite pickup bed with a built-in bed liner has been grafted on. Interior space is unchanged from the Explorer's,... Source: www.caranddriver.com
